Cryogenic Services: Embryo Freezing
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Embryo freezing is so new that it is hard to explain the technical aspects and tricks of the trade that we have learned. We continue to use our slow freeze method having good results. We do not do the Vitrification procedure. Seeing our repeatable results is believing.
Our Embryo Freeze Program started in the fall of 2004, flushing and freezing several embryos for storage. One Arabian frozen embryo was thawed and successfully transplanted April 2005.
September 2004 this flushed embryo was frozen, then transplanted April 11, 2005 and foaled March 2006, having a normal pregnancy, confirmed by ultrasounds and blood testing. Ultrasound photo is of his Arabian ear about 2 inches long.
Being the first ever frozen foal to be registered, he was appropriately named “Eyce” KL, now in Colorado with his owner. Since Eyce, there have been others, Embryos sold directly out of our frozen embryo Tank.
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This embryo (pictured above) was conceived with “frozen semen” frozen at Santolina, from the Arabian stallion Psytanium – U.S. National Champion yearling , embryo flushed out of a 21 year old donor mare named Kaborrs Love, ( who was the last daughter of U.S. Nationals & Canadian Halter Mare – Alove-Note by *Bask out of Alpine Wind Song ); that had never been able to carry any pregnancies beyond 28 days. This mare had been absolutely Barren for years prior to Embryo flush.
This was something extremely exciting plus was the first frozen embryo registered foal for the Arabian Horse Registry! Rules had to be changed to allow Arabian and Quarter horses frozen embryo registrations.
First Frozen Embryo Foal :
Eyce at one week old - foaled 3-30-06 from 2004 embryo.
Eyce with Jack Farmer
First Arabian ever registered from a frozen embryo.
Jack with Eyce at 10 months old
